I was inspired by someone I follow on Instagram to make some knitting needle flowers. On a really hot and humid afternoon when it was far too uncomfortable to be outside I got out my little left over balls of yarn and my 4 mm crochet hook and made 8 little flowers. Thanks eighbysix for the inspiration.
The pattern I used was sort of my own but after looking around I found others had made similar flowers.
- chain of 4 and slip stitch to join the chain
- Chain 2 and then do 11 hdc in the loop
- sc, hdc, dc, tc, dc, hdc, sc in the first hdc in the loop
- skip the next hdc and repeat the process around the loop
- you end with 6 petals
- join last one to first one
You could do the centre of the flower a different colour to the petals. I chose to do each flower all the same colour.
I made 2 of each colour flower so that each pair of needles will have the same colour.
Into the little hole in the centre of the flower you insert the knitting needle. The end of the needle becomes the centre of the flower.
Into a jar I popped some little balls of left over yarn. This helps to hide the bottoms of the needles. You could also use up all those odd bits of yarn you snip off other projects but hate to throw away. It makes a nice display on my work table.
You could use needles you use every day, vintage needles or ones you rarely use. It is easy to slip off the flower if you want to knit with the needles or you could even leave them on if it doesn’t interfere with the knitting.
I do store my knitting needles in a felt storage holder that I made, and it rolls up quickly and ties with ribbon. But it is nice to have some knitting needles out on display.
How do you store your knitting needles?
I’m sharing with The Really Crafty Link Party and with Hookin on Hump Day and Handmade Monday.
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Myrtle
I could follow for a bit then I was lost at to what the directions were,lol. The flowers are very pretty and look nice on your work table, on Knitting needles. Love your little crocheted house and front garden.
Lorrie
What a pretty idea for scraps of yarn and a display in your craft room. I don’t really knit, so I just have a few knitting needles in a drawer somewhere.
Jennifer Jilks
I’m glad you liked our project! You do inspire.
Margie
Cute! I wished that I could knit! A blogging friend gifted me with a knitted flower brooch.
Linda
What a great and fun idea, I would never have thought of that. 🙂 x
Teresa
So cute! My mother is the knitter in our family, so I need to make a few of these for her.
Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned.
Erin
What a cute idea! Thanks for sharing!
Barbara DiFrancesco
This is a wonderful idea for the end of a knitting needle, and to use up the yarn stash! I crochet, and would love to place the flowers on the ends of my Tunisian/afghan crochet hooks for display! Thanks for sharing this cute pattern!
Julie
These are super cute. Wouldn’t this be a lovely gift for a crafting friend? A set of new needles but given in a bouquet form.
Thanks so much for joining us at Handmade Monday 🙂